Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)
| From: | Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 8, 2001, 9:50 |
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On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Elliott Lash wrote:
> Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...> writes:
>
> > Answer: Yes you are right for English, but in other
> > languages, there are different ways to define noun
> > phrase without 'the'. And in some times English can't
> > define a word's meaning:'She went to bank.' what is
> > the meaning of 'bank'?
>
>
> Um....you can't say "She went to bank" you HAVE to say "She went to
> a/the bank"
No, `she went to bank' is completely valid, but `bank' is not a noun, it's
a verb, means something like `make a transaction at a bank' in that sence,
although it can also mean something else, cf. `you can bank on that'.
Tristan
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